http://www.cofe.anglican.org/news/pr11209.html
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have issued the following statement to the College of Bishops:
Dear Bishop,
In July, during the first wave of the Swine Flu pandemic we issued national advice with regard to the administration of Holy Communion.
This advice was based on information and guidance received from the Department of Health which was geared [...]
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Archbishops’ statement on swine flu
Posted in Anglican, Christ, Christianity, Christology, Church, Communion, Reconciliation, Reformation, Restoration, Unity on Friday, November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why Forgive? – Johann Christoph Arnold
Posted in Bruderhof, Christianity, Christology, Compassion, Conflict, Culture, Good Theology, Integrity, Reconciliation, Restoration on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What does forgiving really mean? Clearly it has little to do with human
fairness, which demands an eye for an eye, or with excusing, which means
brushing something aside. Life is never fair, and it is full of things that can
never be excused.
When we forgive someone for a mistake or a deliberate hurt, we still rec-
ognize it [...]
Comfort to Compassion
Posted in Christianity, Compassion, Good Theology, Reconciliation, Restoration, Theology on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This nation is affluent and has more than it needs. The realization that what we have is a free gift can deepen our desire to share this gift with others who cry out for help. When we bless the fruits of the harvest, let us at least realize that blessed fruits need to be shared.
- [...]
Living Wittily: Walter Brueggemann – Bible teacher, man of prayer, spiritual upstart.
Posted in Christianity, Christology, Compassion, Contemplation, Good Theology, Integrity, Liturgy, Poetry, Prayer, Reconciliation, Restoration, Theology on Saturday, November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is one of Brueggemann’s prayers at the start of his Old Testament Theology class:
With you it is never “more or less”
We will be your faithful people -
more or less
We will love you with all our hearts -
perhaps
We will love our neighbour as ourselves -
maybe.
We are grateful that with you it is
never “more or less”
“perhaps” [...]
Something special – a prayer for Prison
Posted in Chaplaincy, Christ, Christianity, Christology, Compassion, Conflict, Emergent, Emerging, Freedom, Good Theology, Holiness, Liturgy, Prayer, Prison, Reconciliation, Restoration on Thursday, October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have used this prayer – excellent and real!!
http://holdthisspace.org.au/prison-chaplains-workshop/
This is a holy space and a sacred time. Not because god is here in any special way – God is no different in this place to anywhere else – but because [...]
God in unexpected places….
Posted in Altruism, Chaplaincy, Christianity, Compassion, Contemplation, Crime, Culture, Holiness, Institutionalism, Integrity, Justice, Law, Love, Mission, Personal, Prayer, Reconciliation, Restoration, Surreal, Theology on Sunday, August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have had to think very carefully about this article before I put it into words.. You don’t expect some things in the world that we live in dominated by selfishness, the ‘I want now’ society and the ‘get what you can, while you can’ overthrow from the Maggie years. So here goes…
A couple of [...]
Re-thinking The Lord’s Supper
Posted in Christianity, Christology, Communion, Emergent, Emerging, Good Theology, Holiness, Reconciliation, Restoration, Theology on Friday, July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.jesusmanifesto.com/2009/05/rethinking-the-lords-supper/
In a tragic twist of irony, the venue in the Christian faith that was intended to unify believers of diverse stripes and beliefs has actually divided and split the church in untold ways.
I’m referring to Communion. The Lord’s Supper. The Eucharist. The Table.
It goes by many names, and has been practiced many ways. It [...]
What would you really do?
Posted in Christianity, Creation, Culture, Ethics, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Law, Marriage, Nazarene, Prison, Restoration, Sexuality, Theology, Violence on Monday, July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have a prisoner who has been going through the long process of gender change from male to female. Karen is serving quite a long sentence, and has been ‘residing’ on a wing of other vulnerable prisoners.
A few months ago, Karen approached me and asked me a very serious question. The question was… ‘If I [...]
On recidivism and our responsibility by The OrthoCuban
Posted in Christianity, Christology, Crime, Culture, Good Theology, Institutionalism, Integrity, Justice, Prison, Reconciliation, Reformation, Restoration, Revenge, Theology, Violence on Sunday, July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.orthocuban.com/2009/05/on-recidivism-and-our-responsibility/
Father Orthoduck recently received a note in which a person commented on the problems that an ex-con faces, and there is significant truth in what that person said.
The problem is an offshoot of the popular religiosity subject which Fr. Obregón is beginning to discuss on his Orthocuban posts. In the USA officially we believe that [...]
Henri Nouwen: From Blaming to Forgiving
Posted in Christianity, Conflict, Good Theology, Henri Nouwen, Holiness, Integrity, Reconciliation, Restoration, Theology on Sunday, July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An excellent snippet found at : http://prodigal.typepad.com/prodigal_kiwi/2009/05/henri-nouwen-from-blaming-to-forgiving.html
“…Our most painful suffering often comes from those who love us and those we love. The relationships between husband and wife, parents and children, brothers and sisters, teachers and students, pastors and parishioners – these are where our deepest wounds occur. Even late in life, yes, even after those [...]
